Package-tie



G. W. STOUT.

PACKAGE TIE.

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Patented June 3, 1919.

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GEORGE W. STOUT, 0F MERCHANTVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

PACKAGE-TIE,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J true 3, 1919.

Application filed January 25, 1919. Serial No. 273,062. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen STOUT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Merchantville, county of Camden, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Package-Tie, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a novel construction of a package tie, preferably made from vulcanized fiber or wood, metal or other material possessing the requisite strength and rigidity, the same comp-rising a body-portion which (a) is preferably square, or slightly rectangulaiyin outline,-which (b) on its vertical median line and near the top as opposed to the bottom, is formed with an eye through which the terminal and knotted end of a tying cord is passed,which (0) upon one of its sides is formed with two notches or recesses disposed in balanced position at equal distances respectively from the top and bottom and from the horizontal median line,and which (cl) upon its side opposite to that which is formed with the notches is formed withan obliquely and iiiwardly extending and relatively and uniformly wide slot, cut or kerf, which enters the side referred to near its top and essentially opposite to the topmost of the two notches, and which extends toward the bottom of the body and when it has reached the vertical median line turns upwardly and obliquely away from the directional'line of its entrance and terminates in a convergent or pointed end near the recessed side of the body, so that there is formed in effect a composite right-angular, or, more strictly, conical, slot the apical bend of which is on the vertical'median line of the body below the eye and the converging terminal of which is to one side of the verticalmedian line and essentially upon the horizontal median line and between the recesses.

Having in mind. the foregoing general description of the form of the body-portion of the package tie as a whole, my invention may be said to comprehend a package tie which has the distinguishing characteristic formation above recited, the function of which is to permit of the attachment and tying of the cord relatively to the conical slot and the notches, as hereinafter more specifically explained and as pointed out in the claims.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a package tie embodying my invention, illustrating also a tying cord and a bundle or package wrapped by said cord which is fastened by being wrapped with respect to the package tie in the manner illustrated.

Fig. 2 represents a fragmentary, sectional, side elevation through the package of Fig. 1, the section being taken on the line 22 of said Fig. 1 and the view also illustrating the package tie in central, longitudinal section.

Fig. 3 represents a plan or face viewof the package tie with the cord removed;

Fig. 4 represents a perspective of the package tie, illustrating the application to it of a tying cord in the same manner as the cord is shown as applied in Figs. 1 and 2; and

Fig. 5 represents a perspective diagrammatic view of the tying cord removed from. the package but in the position which it is represented as occupying in Figs. 1, Qand 4.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts. 7 7

Referring to the drawings V 1 designates my novel construction of package tie, the same comprising a body portion 2 the outline of which is essentially but not necessarily square, and the lower end of which is designated 3 and the upper end 4. One of the sides,the left-hand side, 5,is provided with an upper notch 6 above the horizontal median line and with a lower notch 7 below said horizontal median line. Both of these notches are preferably of the form of semi-circular recesses.

.The right-hand side of the body of the tie is designated 8 and is preferably slightly rounded at 9 at its lower corner. The other three corners ofthe body are all preferably slightly rounded as shown or to any desired extent. 1 V

10 designates a slot of uniform width which enters the righthand side 8 of the body above the horizontal median line, and extends inwardly and downwardly to a point below the horizontal median line and on the vertical median line, at which point said slot turns upwardly, outwardly and obliquely away from the vertical median line to form a converging or pointed terminal slot 11, the terminus or vanishing point of which extends about to the horizontal median line as will be understood from Fig. 3.

The slots 10 and 11 together constitute an, in effect, inverted or conical slot the apex of which is below the horizontal median line, the entrance into which is above said line, andthe pointed terminus of which is approximately upon line of notch 6 upon said lineand essentially midway between the notches 6 and 7.

The function of the converging terminal slot 11 is of course to grip and lock the free end 23 of the tying cord, as the tied cord shown in Figs. 1, 2, l and 5 illustrates.

12 designates an eye near the top end of the body and on its vertical median line. This eye serves to anchor or hold the knotted end 13 of the tying cord in line beyond the conical slot.

It is, of course, possible to make use of this package tie to lock a tying cord when the cord is applied to it in different ways.

I have found, however, that a good form of knotting of the cord upon the package through the instrumentality of the package tie, is that which I have represented in Figs. 1, '2, 4aand of the drawings, which will be best understood by following thetraverse of the cord as illustrated in Fig. 5 which shows only the cord'as ultimately-tied with neither the package tie nor the package in the illustration.

The traverse of the cord will be understood by starting with the knot 13 which is formed upon an'end ofthe tying cord and which, as shown incFigs. 1 and 2, liesabove the eye 12 of thebo'dyg-and then. by following theline lt ove the distant side oft-he package,down around its distant edge, along its bottom on the line 15 to the center,then at right angles as'at '16 to the rearend of the package,-then up and 'over the top, as at 17,then down and around the distant end, and asat' 18 back to the center,-then at a right angle along 19 to the near side,then up and over the top as at '20 to beneath the body of the package tie,then through the slot 10 and into slot 11 of said body,-then around notch 6,- then over and around the body, and again into the slot 10 and slot 11,-then around the notch 7 ,-then, once more, through slot 10 and into slot 11, in which'latter it'is clenched and held fast so that its free end 21 extends outwardly and the tying operation is completed.

In carrying out the foregoing operation of wrapping, 'it' is to be understood that the package tie is, in fact, only used to fasten .or secure the loose end of the cord, after left,- the cord is then placed lengthwise along the top of the package and carried down around both ends,the package is then lifted and turned upside down, with right end toward the person tying it and with th tie hanging over the other end.

The cord is then crossed at right angles, drawn tight, and passed around the middle of the package, which is then reversed so that the tie is brought just over the edge at the top center.

The loose end of the cord is then drawn into the slot sufficiently taut to retain a, tight hold,the edge of the plate being slightly raised with the left hand, so as to admitof easy access to the recess, the cord is then passed down into and through the upper recess, on and around beneath the plate and to the ri ht, and up and again into the slot and into its tapering terminal and behind the cord first placed therein,and snapped or locked tightly.

In the operation of unfastening, a slight quick jerk beneath the plate upon the cord, will occasion its instant release which, of course, is accompaniedby a' completelyrG- verse movement of the entire cord.

It should be stated that the lower recess is for emergency, that its utilization relatively to the passage of the cord is similar to that of the upper recess, its peculiar availability being when an excessive weight, such,

for instance, as that of grain and cement V sacks, is to be carried.

Although the foregoing is a form of tying-up of acord'about a package the accomplishment of which my package tie makes possi ble,it is apparent that my package tie can be used'to fasten a tying cord which is passed over and looped with respect to it, its slots and notches, and the package to be tied, in; a manner and direction of traverse different from that above described.

Whatever, however, may be the form of the bending or,looping of the tying cord relatively to the package tie and the package, it is obvious that after the free end of the cord has been drawntightly within the converging terminal slot 11, it will be gripped by the converging walls of said slot and so held that it cannot become loose except by the exercise of such intentional force as willdraw it out of or free it fromsai'd converging slot. I

Whatever, moreover, may be the direction of the looping of the cordrelatively tothe tie and the package, the knotted end which is the point of first or primary attachment of the cord to the tie will resist the possibility of loosening or setting free one end of the cord, while the clenching of the other end within the terminal slot will serve to assiire the ultimate fastening of said other en It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction of a package tie which embodies the features'of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description, and while I have in the present instance, shown and described a preferred embodiment thereof which will be found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is Susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scopeof the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what 7 I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A package tie which comprises a body provided with an obliquely disposed slot which enters a side of said body above the transverse median line and extends obliquely and inwardly below said transverse median line to the longitudinal median line, and which there turns and thence extends in the opposite direction to the aforementioned slot and outwardly at an angle toward the opposite side of said body, with its walls converging and meeting at a point near said transverse median line and beyond said longitudinal median line.

2. A package tie which comprises a body provided with an obliquely disposed slot which enters a side of said body above the transverse median line and extends obliquely and inwardly below said transverse median line to the longitudinal median line, and which there turns and thence extends in the opposite direction to the afore-mentioned slot and outwardly at an angle toward the opposite side of said body, with its walls converging and meeting at a point near said horizontal median line and beyond said vertical median line,said body having an eye for a cord, located on the longitudinal median line beyond said angle of the slot,the'

side of said body opposite that through which the-slot enters having two recesses which are disposed one above and one below said horizontal median line.

Y GEORGE W. STOUT. Witnesses:

WALTER BALL, ARTHUR E. CRAIG.

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